April 17, 2001
Men's Track & Field Finishes Fourth at Lee Calhoun Memorial
The Truman men's track & field team finished with 97 points, including victories in three events, on Saturday to place fourth at the Lee Calhoun Memorial in Monmouth, Ill. The meet was co-hosted by Western Illinois University and Monmouth College.
Sophomore Matt Helbig (Fenton, Mo./Rockwood Summit) charted one of the Bulldogs' first-place finishes as he won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:52.70 to earn an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark.
Freshman Brian Dzingai (Harare, Zimbabwe/St. George's) broke the meet record in the 200-meter dash with a winning time of 21.23 seconds. It marked Dzingai's third 200-meter win this outdoor season and was his sixth first-place finish of the season overall. Dzingai also has three 100-meter meet titles to his credit, and placed second in the 100 on Saturday.
The other Truman victory was turned in by junior Dave Mayhew (Prior Lake, Minn./Academy of Holy Angels). Mayhew finished the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.99 seconds to take the top spot.
In addition to Dzingai's second-place finish in the 100, senior Ryan Easley (Elmer, Mo./LaPlata) came in second in the javelin with a toss of 186'-9". He was second by just two inches to the winning throw of 186'-11".
Third-place finishes went to freshman Alfonso Pugh (Galesburg, Ill.) in the long jump and sophomore Brian McQueary (St. Louis/St. Mary's) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Eastern Illinois University won the meet with 144.5 points, while Western Illinois was second with 115 points. Illinois State placed third with 103, followed by Truman's 97. DePaul University was fifth with 76 points in the 12-team meet.
Truman will be back in competition on Friday (April 20) at the Mule Relays at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg.
TRUMAN RESULTS -- Lee Calhoun Memorial, Monmouth, Ill. (April 14, 2001) 100-meters 2nd, Brian Dzingai 10.89 4th, Alfonso Pugh 11.01 15th, Mike Pope 11.43 19th, Geoff Jensen 11.58 200-meters 1st, Brian Dzingai 21.23 16th, Nolan White 23.10 19th, Mike Pope 23.25 400-meters 4th, Vasean Nixon 49.91 14th, Nolan White 50.90 800 meters 18th, Mike Amador 2:00.8 1500 meters 1st, Matt Helbig 3:52.70 16th, Mike Brower 4:10.33 3000 steeple 3rd, Brian McQueary 9:40.29 5th, Dan Boyle 9:45.21 7th, Pat Boyle 9:51.94 5000 meters 6th, Brad Peter 15:49.4 8th, Ted Snodgrass 16:10.2 16th, Ben Northrup 16:46.3 18th, Robert Taylor 16:54.1 110m hurdles 1st, Dave Mayhew 14.99 11th, Jake Kingery 16.00 400m hurdles 14th, Dan Nichols 1:07.03 4x100m relay 2nd, White, Dzingai, Pope, Pugh 41.66 Discus 13th, Kurt Weidauer 135'-5" Javelin 2nd, Ryan Easley 186'-9" Long Jump 3rd, Alfonso Pugh 22'-9.75" High Jump 5th, Jake Kingery 6'-6" Pole Vault 4th, Aaron Decker 14'-0" 8th, Phil Andreas 13'-0"
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